Here is an intriguing fact, brought to my attention by my dear friend Alfred Wallace (see Comments), and which will warm the heart of my wife. It is a general rule that the more primitive and uneducated the community, the greater its propensity to worship divine or supernatural entities. And the more sophisticated the society, the less its belief in such things. The great exception being America, supposedly the world leader in development, where apparently 90 per cent of the population still believes in God. What does this tell us, I wonder, either about God or about America?

CD

PS My thoughts on Alfred’s comments about modern scientific developments affecting human physiology will have to wait for further reflection!